Abby Covert on Remote Work
04/12/20 • 33 min
My guest today is my friend Abby Covert, also known as Abby the IA. Abby is a Senior Information Architect at Etsy. She wrote the book How to Make Sense of Any Mess, a wonderful primer on information architecture, and co-founded World IA Day. She’s also taught graduate design students and curated global conferences about design. She’s done many of these things remotely over the last decade, which makes her a great guide for how to collaborate in our new reality.
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Show notes
- Abby the IA (Abby Covert’s website)
- Etsy
- How To Make Sense of Any Mess, by Abby Covert
- World Information Architecture Day
- Fax machines
- Melbourne, Florida
- Rosenfeld Media
- Advancing Research Conference
- School of Visual Arts
- Photo of Abby’s home setup
- DesignOps Summit
- The Museum of the Moving Image
- Louis Rosenfeld
- Zoom
- Zoom Webinar
- Slack
- Cheryl Platz
- Mural
- Steinberg UR12
- Herman Miller chairs
- Opening sequence of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
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My guest today is my friend Abby Covert, also known as Abby the IA. Abby is a Senior Information Architect at Etsy. She wrote the book How to Make Sense of Any Mess, a wonderful primer on information architecture, and co-founded World IA Day. She’s also taught graduate design students and curated global conferences about design. She’s done many of these things remotely over the last decade, which makes her a great guide for how to collaborate in our new reality.
Listen to the full conversation
Show notes
- Abby the IA (Abby Covert’s website)
- Etsy
- How To Make Sense of Any Mess, by Abby Covert
- World Information Architecture Day
- Fax machines
- Melbourne, Florida
- Rosenfeld Media
- Advancing Research Conference
- School of Visual Arts
- Photo of Abby’s home setup
- DesignOps Summit
- The Museum of the Moving Image
- Louis Rosenfeld
- Zoom
- Zoom Webinar
- Slack
- Cheryl Platz
- Mural
- Steinberg UR12
- Herman Miller chairs
- Opening sequence of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.
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- San Francisco Digital Services
- GOV.UK
- McDonald’s
- Microsoft Productivity Future Vision video (2011)
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- Microsoft Surface Duo
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Show notes
- Info-Do
- Ren Pope on LinkedIn
- Ren Pope on SlideShare
- Cigna
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- Jessica DuVerneay on LinkedIn
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The Informed Life - Abby Covert on Remote Work
Transcript
Jorge: Abby, welcome to the show.
Abby: Thank you so much for having me.
Jorge: For folks who might not know you, would you please introduce yourself.
Abby: Sure. So, my name is Abby Covert. I am the senior staff information architect at Etsy. I also am the author of a book came out about five years ago called How To Make Sense Of Any Mess, which is a beginner’s guide to information architecture. Y
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